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Saturday 21 december 2019
Kriechmayr wins fog-delayed super-G in Gardena after 4 hours

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, tory last year by Aksel Lund
Italy (AP) — Austrian skier Svindal, who is now retired.
Vincent Kriechmayr nar- "That's a very, very good re-
rowly edged Norwegian sult for me right now," said
rival Kjetil Jansrud to win a Jansrud, the 2014 Olympic
fog-affected World Cup super-G champion who
super-G that lasted nearly had struggled this season.
four hours on Friday. "Now I can take it a little
The shortened race had easier with the nerves and
been interrupted for 45 get ready for tomorrow's
minutes due to fog hang- downhill and hopefully be
ing over the middle of the fast then, too."
Saslong course before Jansrud led downhill train-
Kriechmayr came down as ing on Thursday.
the No. 7 starter and beat It was the sixth podium re-
early leader Mauro Ca- sult of Dressen's career.
viezel. Poor conditions forced or-
Kriechmayr then had to ganizers to lower the start,
wait nearly three hours cutting off about 15 sec-
before the race was de- onds of racing.
clared finished amid near Caviezel finished fourth
darkness at 3:30 p.m. (1430 and Dominik Paris was fifth.
GMT) due to more fog. Steven Nyman, a three-
In all, the event lasted 3 Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup Super G, in Val time winner of the Val Gar-
hours, 45 minutes before Gardena, Italy, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. dena downhill, was the top
the results were taken with Associated Press American in 13th.
48 of 64 skiers having raced. Nyman was fighting for a
It was worth the wait, two checkpoints but was Thomas Dressen of Ger- Alberta; and second in a podium position until he
though, as the result moved masterful through the tech- many, another late starter, downhill in Beaver Creek, had to make an acrobatic
Kriechmayr atop both the nical Ciaslat section that finished third, 0.22 behind Colorado. recovery to maintain con-
overall and super-G stand- features a series of small Kriechmayr. "I'm really happy and proud trol midway down — much
ings. In the overall, Kriech- bumps and jumps that rat- It was the fifth World Cup about my skiing today," like he did toward the end
mayr moved 48 points tled many skiers off the rac- victory of Kriechmayr's ca- Kriechmayr said. "This is a of his downhill training run a
ahead of previous leader ing line. reer, to go with the two legendary course and I re- day earlier. Italian veteran
Alexis Pinturault, who did Jansrud came down later medals he won at last sea- ally like it." Christof Innerhofer crashed
not enter this race. and built a lead of 0.32 son's world championships A Norwegian coach set the during his run as a forerun-
In the super-G, Kriechmayr seconds over Kriechmayr in Are, Sweden — silver course, which resembled ner. A downhill is scheduled
moved 12 points ahead into the final checkpoint in super-G and bronze in more of a downhill than a for Saturday on the Saslong,
of Olympic champion and but was carrying so much downhill. super-G in certain sections. then the circuit moves over
teammate Matthias Mayer, speed that he had to slam It was also Kriechmayr's Still, Jansrud couldn't add to nearby Alta Badia for a
who finished 11th. on the brakes to clear one third podium result this sea- to Norway's record total of giant slalom and parallel gi-
Kriechmayr trailed the early of the final gates and fin- son after finishing third in eight super-G wins in Val ant slalom on Sunday and
leaders at each of the first ished 0.05 behind. a super-G in Lake Louise, Gardena — including a vic- Monday, respectively.q

Adam Scott trails by 2 after 2 rounds at the Australian PGA

GOLD COAST, Australia Cink, who shot 70. Scott said. "It'll be good
(AP) — Adam Scott was Scott's round included a for me to focus up for two
two strokes off the lead 40-foot eagle putt and more days. I need more
and tied for third place two lengthy birdies with of the same, but feeling
after a second-round one bogey. like I've got definitely two
5-under 67 at the Austra- "I played safe, rolled a lot more days in me."
lian PGA championship at of nice putts, a lot went Cameron Smith, aiming to
Royal Pines on Friday. by the edge but I made a be the first player in more
The leader was China's couple as well," Scott said. than 100 years to win three
Yuan Yechun, whose 65 "I had to really dial it in to straight Australian PGA ti-
left him at 9-under 135 af- get it close. It was a pa- tles, followed up his open-
ter 36 holes. He bogeyed tient round and eventually ing 74 with a 65 to leave
two of his final four holes. I kind of wore the course the Australian at 5-under
Scott, attempting to win down." and four strokes behind.
his first tournament since International team player Adam Scott of Australia celebrates Scott said he knew anoth- Smith said the President
a World Golf Champion- a win over the U.S. during their fourball match at the Royal er mediocre round like his Cup, where his Interna-
ship victory in March 2016, Melbourne Golf Club in the opening rounds of the President's 70 on Thursday wouldn't tional team lost 16-14 to
is playing his third week Cup golf tournament in Melbourne, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. put him among the lead- the United States, had
in a row after the Austra- Associated Press ers. drained him both physi-
lian Open and last week's "After the bogey on four I cally and mentally. But
Presidents Cup at Royal a stroke behind, after a Cameron Champ had a just felt I need to get mov- he said an afternoon nap
Melbourne. 66, followed by Scott and 71 and was at 3-under, ing a bit here because Thursday and swim at the
Australian Anthony Quay- Wade Ormsby, who shot one stroke better than 2-under's not going to put beach had helped him
le was in second place, 66. fellow American Stewart me up there far enough," bounce back.q